Avery Dennison Corporation ("Avery Dennison" or the "Company," "Registrant," or
"Issuer," and generally referred to as "we" or "us") was incorporated in
Delaware in 1977 as Avery International Corporation, the successor corporation
to a California corporation of the same name incorporated in 1946. In 1990, we
merged one of our subsidiaries into Dennison Manufacturing Company ("Dennison"),
as a result of which Dennison became our wholly-owned subsidiary and in
connection with which our name was changed to Avery Dennison Corporation. You
can learn more about us by visiting our website at www.averydennison.com. Our
website address provided in this Annual Report on Form 10-K is not intended to
function as a hyperlink and the information on our website is not, nor should it
be considered, part of this report or incorporated by reference into this
report.